/*
 *  Copyright 2011 The MyBatis Team
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package org.mybatis.generator.api;

import org.mybatis.generator.api.dom.xml.Document;
import org.mybatis.generator.config.Context;

/**
 * Objects implementing this interface are used to convert the internal representation of the XML DOM classes into a
 * string suitable for saving to the file system. Note that the string generated by this class will be saved directly to
 * the file system with no additional modifications.
 * 
 * Only one instance of the class will be created in each context. Configuration can be passed into the class through
 * the use of properties in the Context.
 * 
 * @author Jeff Butler
 * 
 */
public interface XmlFormatter
{
    void setContext(Context context);
    
    String getFormattedContent(Document document);
}
